The development of the moral sentiments in the human heart, in early life,--and every thing in fact which relates to the formation of character,--is determined in a far greater degree by sympathy,... More > and by the influence of example, than by formal precepts and didactic instruction. If a boy hears his father speaking kindly to a robin in the spring,--welcoming its coming and offering it food,--there arises at once in his own mind, a feeling of kindness toward the bird, and toward all the animal creation, which is produced by a sort of sympathetic action, a power somewhat similar to what in physical philosophy is called _induction_.< Less

Travel Journal Franconia and the German Danube - Keep a diary of your holiday / vacation to Franconia and the German Danube. Includes diary, budget planner, activity planner, packing checklist and... More > other useful aids to help you record and remember every aspect of your trip.< Less

A book written for descendants of Wilhelm Dingfelder and Elisabeth Hoffman, with much historical information on 19th-century German and American cultures. All persons interested in German emigration,... More > but particularly those who bear the name Dingfelder, whether gentile or Jewish, will find much of interest regarding origins and meaning of the surname.< Less

This is the first book of a TRILOGY about an early 19-th century German physician, Dr. George Anton Schaeffer (1779-1836), who traveled widely around the world, becoming involved in Russian Tsar... More > Alexander I's secret plan to kill Napoleon Bonaparte from a hydrogen-filled balloon, playing a role in the inter-island politics of King Kamehameha I's Hawaii, and organizing the transport of German mercenaries and colonists to Dom Pedro I's Brazil.< Less

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